Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

• Author(s): William M. Bodiford,
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Pages: 343
• ISBN_10: 0824814827
  ISBN_13: 9780824814823
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Buddhism / Zen , History / Asia / Japan , History / Europe / Medieval ,

Description:... Explores how Soto monks between the 13th and 16th centuries developed new forms of monastic organization and Zen instructions and new applications for Zen rituals within lay life; how these innovations helped shape rural society; and how remnants of them remain in the modern Soto school, now the lar